A INTERFERÊNCIA DO SOBREPESO E OBESIDADE NAS ALTERAÇÕES POSTURAIS NAS CRIANÇAS

Obesity in childhood can trigger several complications, including postural changes. The general objective of this study is to identify the impacts of overweight and obesity on children in terms of postural changes. As for the methodology, it is an Integrative Literature Review with a search from 2019 to 2024 in the PEDRO, SCIELO, LILACS and MEDLINE databases. 32 studies were found in the aforementioned databases, however after selection only 8 articles were included. The studies observed that overweight and obesity in children are the main responsible for several postural problems, directly impacting physical health and well-being, cause changes in the spine and lower limbs, postural deviations, lead to compromised stability and worsening of postural deviations. They concluded that obesity makes mobility and carrying out daily activities more difficult.